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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 362,427. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HENRY F. ORANDALL, OF MILWAUKEE, WVISGONSIN, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO THE MILI/VAUKEE HARVESTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,427, dated May 3, 1887.

" Application filed March 252, 1856. Serial No. 196,086. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. GRANDALL, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the'State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. My invention relates to drop leaves for IO grain-binders; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a portion of agrain-binder having my drop-leaf applied thereto; Fig. 2, a detail elevation of the dropleaf, and Fig. 3 a detail view of ahinge-arm such as is employed to unite the dropleaf and main deck.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a drop-leaf that has secured thereto angular arms 13, each of the latter being pro vided with a lug, a, that fits a corresponding socket in an adjacent cleat, G, on the under side of the main deck D. On the sides of the angular arms B, opposite the lugs to, I form hollow projections b, that serve to receive the spirallytwisted ends 0 of a spring-rod, E, the

latter having its bearing against a suitable cleat, F, and acting to hold the drop-leaf A in itsnormal position atright angles to the main deck D. A When the ej ector-arins G of the binder strike 3 5 a bound bundle that has fallen down against the drop-leaf A, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, the spirally -twisted ends a of the spring-rod E will yield and allow said dropleaf to lower, and thus permit the bundle to be thrown clear of the machine. The downward extensions d of the angular hingearms B serve to limit the movement of the dropleaf by coming against the under side of the main deck. Immediately after the discharge 5 of the bundle has been accomplished the contracting force of the spirally-twisted ends 0 of the spring-rod E acts to return the dropleaf to its normal position.

I am aware thatit is not broadly new to hinge a drop-leaf to thefrainework or main deck of a grain-binder and hold the same in its normal position bya spring. I am also aware of a door-spring in which a wire is coiled in two directions around a core and has its ends extended to form arms terminating in right-air 5 5 gular bends, and I theret'orclay no broad claim to either construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a grain-binder, the combination of a main deck having cleats upon its under side provided with suitable sockets, a dropleaf provided with angular arms, each of which has a lug on one side thereofto engage a socket in an adjacent one of said cleats and the other side provided with a hollow projection, and a horizontal spring-rod arranged beneath said main deck and having its terminals in the form of spiral twists, the ends of which latter engage said hollow projections on the angular arms, as set forth.

2. In a grain-binder, the combination of a main deck having cleats upon its under side provided with suitable sockets, a drop-leaf 7 provided with angular arms, each of which has a downward extension, at lug on one side to engage a socket in an adjacent one of said cleats and the other side provided with a holloW projection, and a horizontal spring-rod arranged beneath said main deck and having its terminals in the form of spiral twists, the ends of which latter engage said hollow projections on the angular arms, as set forth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing Ihavehereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

- HENRY F. ORANDALL.

\Vitnesses:

H. G. UNDERwooD, DIAURIOE F. FREAK. 

